'Flagging' definitions:
Definition of 'flagging'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Weak from exhaustion [syn: drooping, flagging]
noun
Flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place"
noun
A walk of flagstones; "the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative"
Definition of 'Flagging'
From: GCIDE
- Flag \Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (fl[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging (fl[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign.]
- 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. [1913 Webster]
- As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. --T. Moore. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. [1913 Webster]
- The pleasures of the town begin to flag. --Swift.
- Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flagging'
From: GCIDE
- Flagging \Flag"ging\, a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- {Flag"ging*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flagging'
From: GCIDE
- Flagging \Flag"ging\, n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flagging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambling,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- coming apart,
- cracking,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- crumbling,
- debilitated,
- decadent,
- declining,
- degenerate,
- deliberate,
- deteriorating,
- disintegrating,
- draining,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dwindling,
- easy,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- enervated,
- enfeebled,
- fading,
- fagged,
- failing,
- faint,
- fainting,
- falling,
- faltering,
- fatigued,
- feeling faint,
- foot-dragging,
- footsore,
- fragmenting,
- frazzled,
- gentle,
- going to pieces,
- good and tired,
- gradual,
- halting,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- indolent,
- jaded,
- languid,
- languishing,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- lumbering,
- marcescent,
- moderate,
- pining,
- poking,
- poky,
- ready to drop,
- regressive,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- run ragged,
- run-down,
- sagging,
- sauntering,
- seedy,
- shriveling,
- shuffling,
- sinking,
- slack,
- sliding,
- slipping,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- slumping,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- subsiding,
- tabetic,
- tentative,
- tired,
- tired-winged,
- toddling,
- toilworn,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unhurried,
- unrefreshed,
- unrestored,
- waddling,
- waning,
- wasting,
- way-weary,
- wayworn,
- weak,
- weakened,
- wearied,
- weariful,
- weary,
- weary-footed,
- weary-laden,
- weary-winged,
- weary-worn,
- wilting,
- withering,
- worn,
- worn-down,
- worsening
Words containing 'Flagging'
- Flag,
- Flagged,
- Flaggingly,
- flag down,
- Black Flags,
- Black flag,
- Cooper's flag,
- Corn flag,
- Flag broom,
- Flag captain,
- Flag leutenant,
- Flag of truce,
- Flag of truse,
- Flag officer,
- Flag root,
- Flag share,
- Flag station,
- Lingula flags,
- National flag,
- Palmetto flag,
- Pilot flag,
- Quarantine flag,
- Red flag,
- Sand flag,
- Spanish flag,
- Sweet flag,
- Tack of a flag,
- To dip the flag,
- To lower the flag,
- To strike the flag,
- Water flag,
- Yellow flag,
- american flag,
- battle flag,
- blue flag,
- code flag,
- confederate flag,
- flag day,
- flag feather,
- flag rank,
- flag smut,
- flag stop,
- flag waving,
- myrtle flag,
- pirate flag,
- signal flag,
- soft flag,
- to flag down a cab,
- union flag,
- white flag,
- Saint George's flag,
- To hang out the white flag,
- flag smut fungus,
- flag-waver,
- flag-waving,
- knight of the square flag,
- nautical signal flag,
- southern blue flag,
- wheat flag smut,
- yellow water flag,
- To hang the flag at half-staff,
- To hang the flag half-staff,
- To hang the flag half-mast high